Monthly Archives: February 2006

Another Math Problem

Noel presents another math problem (of sorts). Tenacious D + Cute Kids = fun video.

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Musings on Programming

I saw this on reddit: Epigrams in Programming #46 made my head asplode! #93 reminded me of a conversation Bryan Roach and I had once (how I read #93 with an asploded head is beyond the scope of this post). … Continue reading

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A math problem

Me + A Mercedes SLR = bliss. Enjoy. If I get enough time and the right angled photo, I’d like to lift the car and put in on a quite blurred highway, with maybe a cop car chasing me in … Continue reading

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Poor Microsoft

Their upcoming Voice-Over-Internet Protocol service has antitrust lawsuit written all over it. Essentially by leveraging (ugh, I feel dirty for using that word) Office to get VoIP software to new customers, they’re likely going to be unfairly competing in quite … Continue reading

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Take That Religion!

Religion is no longer the opiate of the masses, but as you can see by this article, “The Opiates of the Middle Classes” by Nassim Taleb, faith still seems to be the problem at the heart of man. If you … Continue reading

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Futurama here we come!

A patent for mechanically preserving “animal” heads. Look out celebrities of the 21 century!

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Here’s a truck for Don Dahl

This weekend at the Chicago auto show, we saw the Ford F-250 Super Chief concept truck which was friggin huge. Since Don likes trains so much I think he should purchase the prototype truck from Ford and live large.

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America Fascist?

Say it ain’t so! Here’s an article describing fascism and how our country could be considered fascist. I guess the nation needs to take the F-scale test.

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Child Mortality Versus Family Size

This Flash presentation charting child mortality versus family size since 1962 is pretty neat, but I’m really struck by my own reaction to the question “has the world become a better place?” at the beginning of the presentation. I found … Continue reading

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Bill would keep servers out of China

From USAToday.com: Bill would keep servers out of China. This is stupid to me, we can keep some things out of countries because of their human rights, but other things are perfectly fine being Chinese? Wal-Mart, I’m looking at you … Continue reading

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